Guest manwest Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 Judge Challenges AC Board. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030515/RFARL/Business/Idx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JakeYYZ Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 This is an outrage!!! Airmail!! DaggerBoy!! ...quickly now...defend the honor of the BOD's and Milty. The judge is obviously confused. I think we should demand a human sacrifice. Mr. Frustrated can perform it and DaggerBoy can hold his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagger Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Sorry Jake the Snake. You won't find me defending this Board of Directors. They are, with two or three exceptions, just old bagmen and past-their-prime Bay Streeters. They departure is almost certainly guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 ""Nothing focuses the mind more than the possibility of being hung in the morning," Judge Farley said."" What a great line!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Virtual Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 You didn't say which human. Are you volunteering?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDU Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 It's been around for awhile, attributed to Ben Franklin, Oscar Wilde and several others. Most commonly it reads "the prospect of being hung in the morning concentrates one's mind wonderfully" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 I guess when you are a celeb you can use the word any way you want. Actually....from the dictionary... hung vs hanged Usage Note: Hanged, as a past tense and a past participle of hang, is used in the sense of “to put to death by hanging,” as in Frontier courts hanged many a prisoner after a summary trial. A majority of the Usage Panel objects to hung used in this sense. In all other senses of the word, hung is the preferred form as past tense and past participle, as in "I hung my child's picture above my desk." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M. McRae Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 You have altogether tooooo much time on your hands..... sic itur ad astra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 It's raining...can't work on the boat...must sit here and watch screen... bored.. sending you a photo of the adventure in YYZ Kip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest M. McRae Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Thanks. You do know how to stand out in a crowd. Re boating, guess it is time for you to invest your retirement $ in a larger, all weather craft, perhaps one of the ones at this site. Of course there is always location, location, location. http://www.nzboatsales.com/catalogue/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDU Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Language is meant to evolve, English could certainly be improved in many areas. "Hung" is more efficient than "hanged". It also seems more in tune with other conjugations; sting-stung, ring- rung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 "Hung" is more efficient than "hanged". How so??? Cause it has two less letters???:> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steam Driven Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 I can see the headline in the Toronto Star now: "The convicted kill was put to death yesterday and the witnesses agreed that he was well hung..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDU Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 One easy syllable. Much easier to say for those of us who are linguistically challenged. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDU Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 When was the last time you had a "hanged start"? Or heard of a a "hanged jury?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 (((((When was the last time you had a "hanged start"? Or heard of a a "hanged jury?" )))) Well OK, you asked...In this instance we are talking about the death penalty. You are now taking the word out of context, that is, the intent in the original quotation. From Merriam Webster Hanged is most appropriate for official executions //he was to be hanged, cut down whilst still alive -- Louis Allen. From Dictionary.com The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more common. The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.> Mark Twain> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDU Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Yeah, you said that already- up where the thread changed to "quotes". My point was that language is dynamic and the meaning of words can change, sometimes subtlely, sometimes not. "Gay" used to mean happy. "Humongous" wasn't a recognized word. Language structure changes. How many people walk around spouting iambic pentameter these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Agree...why some people even try to change the language on their own...now you take the word "subtlety", some people want to change it to "subtlely"...oh man, I couldn't resist :>and you have to admit we have not initiated any dialogue about the major problem the "big" airline has and that in itself, is refreshing. Hey..have a nice weekend.( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDU Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 I wondered why the spell-checker spit it out. Should be a word, eh? ;-) The weekend- boat's running fine, off to the cottage to get some work done. (Don't know how I got the long weekend off with my seniority!) cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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